Of music, art and literature

The Capital is soon going to witness a confluence of literature, art and music as it hosts the event titled Adabi Cocktail.  The event features a series of performances and exhibitions based on the works of the legendary poet Nida Fazli. Young singers like Jazim Sharma, Parul Mishra and Ghazal singer Malti Joshi will be rendering eight selected works of Nida Fazli. Renowned artist Geeta Das will be displaying some of her works based on the poems of Fazli. 

Noted theatre and film personality Padmashri Tom Alter will be reciting four poems of Nida Fazli. Atul Gangwar, the conceiver of the event and director of Sampresham Multimedia Pvt. Ltd, says, "While we do considerable work in the professional audio-visual realm. We also realise our duty in giving back to the field of creative art including literature, music and art. And hence from time to time we organise events that are purely creative in nature that explore new vistas to serve and benefit the larger interest of art and cultural promotion." Mukesh Gupta, Chairman, Media & Culture, PHD Chamber of Commerce expresses his pleasure at being part of this creative venture and believes that the event will be a memorable event.

Nida Fazli is a poet of various moods and to him the creative sentiment and inner urge are the sources of poetry. He thinks that the feeling of a poet is similar to an artist: like a painter or a musician.  He published his first collection of Urdu poetry in 1969. Childhood imagery persistently reflects in his poetry as elements of nostalgia. Primary themes which run through his poetry are contradictions in life, the search for purpose, nuances of human relationships, differences between practice and preaching, and the groping for that which is lost.  His celebrated lyrics were used in Aap to aise na the, Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996) and Gudiya.

His ghazals and other compositions are sung by notable artists of the day. The event  will be held on June 14 at Mavalankar Auditorium, Constitution Club in the presence of eminent personalities from the world of film, literature, art and industry.